Primula japonica 'Postford White' Web Specials

Primula japonica 'Postford White' Web SpecialsThis Japanese Primrose was awarded the prestigious Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society. A taller growing, 12 24 inches, cultivar that features glistening white flowers with a yellow eye. The stout central stem can boast up to 6 whorls spaced at intervals. Thrives in damp, shady areas of the garden where the eye catching blooms light up the garden. Attracts butterflies and is deer resistant. Plant in groups or drifts with fern or

Multiple buds create a denser-than-normal growth habit

Needles are light green in spring and summer

and since we have had this one in our garden for over 15 years

blue-green needles on branches that layer over each other

typically reaching 4–6 feet tall and wide

although light pruning after flowering is recommended

After 15 years one can expect this cultivar to be 8 ft tall and 3 ft wide

It resembles a larger Blue Fescue and is super sturdy and easy to grow

The form can vary from broad and squat to pyramidal

and will eventually be 2ft x 2 ft

I have seen this plant trained and pruned by Japanese master plantsmen into works of art

Germany in 1955